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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: By Twelve Only.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did doctors give Catherine LeMaigre to cool her fever?
(a) Ice chips.
(b) Barley water and apple water.
(c) Mercury and the root of a poisonous plant.
(d) Cold cloths.

2. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Trenton.

3. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 30,000.

4. What was Catherine LeMaigre's husband's name?
(a) Peter.
(b) Andrew.
(c) William.
(d) Thomas.

5. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Catherine LeMaigre, what part of her body did she feel as though it was burning up?

2. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?

3. Where was the city almshouse located?

4. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?

5. Who was the owner of Bush Hill?

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